Maternity Portraits with Rose Nobs

This week, we’re proud to present a series of maternity portraits featuring Rose Nobs, featured makeup artist for The People of Light and Shadow and other clients. Last fall, Rose messaged to ask whether we could do a maternity session. The last maternity shoot Distant Era did (The Contract) had a lot to do with goblins. This one was a little more traditional, shot in a beautiful garden in late fall, out in the northwest suburbs. The weather behaved perfectly, granting us soft, even light. Rose sent a few very helpful references in advance, and with the assistance of Elizabeth MacDougald, we captured a variety of maternity portraits with Rose and Ryan. Afterward, Rose treated us to an absolutely magnificent brunch in her family home. We all ate like hobbits before heading back to the city.

We used the same lens to photograph Rose’s maternity portraits as we used for The People of Light and Shadow (Canon 85 mm f/1.4L IS USM). Shooting indoors, I seldom have the chance to use it to its full capacity. Outdoors, we had the opportunity to open up the aperture for some lovely background blur.

But enough words. Let’s get to the photographs. Here’s a small sampling from the dozens we liked.

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Steven Townshend is a fine art/portrait photographer and writer with a background in theatre, written narrative, and award-winning game design. As a young artist, Steven toured the US and Canada performing in Shakespeare companies while journaling their moments on paper and film. In his transition from stage to page, Steven continued to work as a theatre photographer, capturing dramatic scenes while incorporating elements of costume, makeup, and theatrical lighting in his work. Drawn to stories set in other times and places, Steven creates works through which fellow dreamers and time travelers might examine their own humanity or find familiar comfort in the reflections of the people and places of a distant era.